how to say “family-oriented” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 26, 2022May 19, 2022

While משפחה
means family, משפחתי
means family-oriented (a final ה
turns into a ת
when the word is expanded).

For example:

הוא בחור משפחתי.

He’s a family-oriented guy.

Likewise:

היא בחורה משפחתית.

She’s a family-oriented girl.

משפחתי means literally family as an adjective, so that עסק משפחתי
is a family (owned) business.

how to say “to age” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 29, 2015August 5, 2024

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזדקן-1.m4a” /]לְהִזְדַּקֵּן The Hebrew word for old age is זקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזדקן-2.m4a” /], while an elderly man is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזדקן-3.m4a” /] and an elderly woman is זקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזדקן-4.m4a” /]*. To age or to get old is the reflexive-intensive verb להזדקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזדקן-1.m4a” /]. Here’s an example from Arik Einstein’s song, עוף גוזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזדקן-5.m4a” /] – Fly Away, Little…

daily video – how to say “my turn” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 11, 2021April 10, 2021

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “great grandchildren” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]נִינִים The Hebrew word for granddaughter is נכדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /], while grandson is נכד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]. But what about great grandchildren? Those are נינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /] for a girl and נין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /] for a boy, while more than one great grandchild are נינים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/נינים-#.m4a” /]היא הייתה בת שמונים…

how to say “to set a table” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 15, 2020July 10, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /]לַעֲרֹךְ שֻׁלְחָן Among the stages of סדר פסח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] – the Passover Seder, שולחן עורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] means setting the table, or literally – a table, he sets. To set a table is לערוך שולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] – literally, to set/arrange a table. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /]ילדים, ערכתם כבר את השולחן? Kids,…

how to say “distance” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 10, 2012October 29, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? מֶרְחָק brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! If you’ve got a rudimentary Hebrew vocabulary, you probably know the word for far – רָחוֹק (rah-KHOHK). This essential adjective has cognates (words with similar origin) in several other…

how to say “come here” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 4, 2018October 17, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בוא-הנה-#.m4a” /]בּוֹא הֵנָּה You might hear a mother say to her son the literal בוא לפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בוא-הנה-#.m4a” /] – come (to) here – but you’re more likely to hear her say to him, בוא הנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בוא-הנה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בוא-הנה-#.m4a” /]בוא הנה, אני רוצה להחליף איתך מילה. Come here, I want to have…

While משפחה means family, משפחתי means family-oriented (a final ה turns into a ת when the word is expanded).